基督徒家庭
以弗所書五章22至33節
22你們作妻子的，當順服自己的丈夫，如同順服主。
23因為丈夫是妻子的頭，如同基督是教會的頭；他又是教會全體的救主。
24教會怎樣順服基督，妻子也要怎樣凡事順服丈夫。
25你們作丈夫的，要愛你們的妻子，正如基督愛教會，為教會捨己。
26要用水藉著道把教會洗淨，成為聖潔，
27可以獻給自己，作個榮耀的教會，毫無玷污、皺紋等類的病，乃是聖潔沒有瑕疵的。
28丈夫也當照樣愛妻子，如同愛自己的身子；愛妻子便是愛自己了。
29從來沒有人恨惡自己的身子，總是保養顧惜，正像基督待教會一樣，
30因我們是他身上的肢體（有古卷在此有：就是他的骨他的肉）。
31為這個緣故，人要離開父母，與妻子連合，二人成為一體。
32這是極大的奧祕，但我是指著基督和教會說的。
33然而，你們各人都當愛妻子，如同愛自己一樣。妻子也當敬重他的丈夫。
信息分享
保羅在這段經文教導作妻子的要順服丈夫，就正如教會順服基督一樣。做丈夫的，也當愛妻子，像基督愛教會一樣。在接著的下一章，保羅將談及父母與兒女間的關係。
保羅要求做丈夫的承擔更重的責任。丈夫在家中也許是頭，但在他之上卻有基督。丈夫要愛妻子，以致妻子樂意回應他的愛，就正如教會樂意回應基督的期望一樣。請記著，基督愛教會，並非是要教會去服侍祂，反之，祂卻是要去服侍教會。
基督的愛是捨己的愛，是使人成聖的愛和滿足人心的愛。愛驅使基督去保養顧惜教會，這意味著基督會供應教會的一切需要，和竭盡所能地愛護她。丈夫們，你們也是這樣愛妻子的嗎？
做妻子的，要負責營造家庭的氣氛。一些家庭的重大決定，最終可能由丈夫去作決定；可是，如何去執行這些決定，妻子卻是關鍵人物。她若是以一種對抗或消極的態度去回應，家庭的合一便遭到破壞；反之，她若以尊重與合作的態度去回應，便能促進家人之間的互愛。
願我們都為自己的家庭向主祈求：「主啊，幫助我們竭盡所能地愛護家庭，使它在各方面都能成為一個真正的基督徒家庭。幫助我們懂得彼此相愛，像你愛我們和我們學習愛你一樣。」
CHRISTIAN FAMILIES
Ephesians 5: 22 – 33
22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
26 that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word,
27 that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
28 So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself.
29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church.
30 For we are members of His body, of His flesh and of His bones.
31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband.
Message
Do you notice what Paul wrote? Wives should be willing to obey their husbands in the same way that the Church obeys Christ. Husbands should love their wives in the same way Christ loved the Church. In the next chapter he deals with parents and children.
Paul puts the greater responsibility on the husbands. The husband may be the head of the family, but he has someone over him – Christ. The husband’s love for his wife should be such that his wife will gladly respond to it just as the Church should respond to the wishes of Christ. Remember, ‘Christ loved the Church not that the Church might do things for him but that he might do things for the Church’.
Christ’s love is sacrifice, sanctifying and satisfying. Christ nourishes the Church and cherishes it. To nourish is to provide everything necessary. To cherish is to do anything extra that we can do. Husband, is that how you treat your wife?
Wives are responsible for the atmosphere of the home. They may not be responsible for the final decisions in the family. But they must see that those decisions are carried out, not in a rebellious spirit but with willingness and in a loving atmosphere of family unity.
Here is a prayer for your home and family: ‘Lord help us to make our home a truly Christian home in every way. Help us to love each other even as we love you and you love us.’